Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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Page 114
As time went on , I spent more and more of my time with Price and Mrs . Price .
They made me lunch with them every day when the kachcheri was open . Mrs .
Price was the exact opposite of Mrs . Lewis . She was a real Victorian lady ...
As time went on , I spent more and more of my time with Price and Mrs . Price .
They made me lunch with them every day when the kachcheri was open . Mrs .
Price was the exact opposite of Mrs . Lewis . She was a real Victorian lady ...
Page 116
When he found out the kind of person I was , he tried to absorb me into their life ,
and life for the Prices was a fantastic routine . ... The lunch was practically always
the same and we drank Madeira , a wine which Price thought that a gentleman ...
When he found out the kind of person I was , he tried to absorb me into their life ,
and life for the Prices was a fantastic routine . ... The lunch was practically always
the same and we drank Madeira , a wine which Price thought that a gentleman ...
Page 118
To return to Price , after lunch I returned to the kachcheri . At half - past four or five
, I went and had tea with the Prices , and then rode to the esplanade . On the
esplanade we had made a primitive and not very interesting golf course . Price
and ...
To return to Price , after lunch I returned to the kachcheri . At half - past four or five
, I went and had tea with the Prices , and then rode to the esplanade . On the
esplanade we had made a primitive and not very interesting golf course . Price
and ...
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User Review - Jenney - LibraryThingIn the feudal society of Ceylon "I felt that there was some depth of happiness rather than pleasure, of satisfaction, . . . which the western world is losing or has lost." (p 158) Judgments such as ... Read full review
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User Review - robertsgirl - LibraryThingThis is the second book Leonard Woolf wrote of his life. He is a graceful author, and a sensitive man. Good look into an aristocratic young britisher and his growing up. Read full review
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| Title | Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911 Volume 2 of An autobiography, Leonard Woolf Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Autobiography, Leonard Woolf |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202521, 9780701202521 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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